Orioles Acquire Corbin Burnes for INF Joey Ortiz, LHP DL Hall and 2024 Competitive Balance Pick

[jay87shot]

He will have finished in the top 8 in the CY Young 5 years in a row. Gerrit Cole was top 5 3 of 5 years (no wins) and a couple years younger. Cole got $36 million per year, take a couple years of and 7/252 is probably a starting point.

[sveumrules]

On 2/3/2024 at 8:43 AM, brewers888 said:

What exactly is the plan with this team. Why sign Hoskins and then trade Burnes. This rotation has gone from top 5 or so in the sport to possibly bottom five. No team with Wade Miley as a number two in a rotation is a serious contender not even in the lousy division that this team plays in. The O/U for this team is  75.5 telling you that the market thinks this is one of the worst teams in baseball and certainly not a contender.

Brewers cashed in on their Vegas O/U with their 76th win last night...before the calendar flipped to September...with 30 games still left to play.

On the season the rotation has posted a 95 ERA- (8th) and 10.2 rWAR (14th). In the second half they have picked it up to the tune of an 81 ERA- (3rd) and 3.7 rWAR (6th).

[Outlander]

I definitely would have lost money if betting on the Brewers this off season. However, even when I am most pessimistic I can never bet against the Brewers.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 hour ago, sveumrules said:

Brewers cashed in on their Vegas O/U with their 76th win last night...before the calendar flipped to September...with 30 games still left to play.

On the season the rotation has posted a 95 ERA- (8th) and 10.2 rWAR (14th). In the second half they have picked it up to the tune of an 81 ERA- (3rd) and 3.7 rWAR (6th).

LOL doesn't matter. 'Ole Triple 8s is still gonna hate em.

[Underachiever]

1 hour ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

LOL doesn't matter. 'Ole Triple 8s is still gonna hate em.

Plenty of others who had the Brewers not doing so well this year. Fully half of the people posting in the win total prediction thread had them at 81 or fewer. That includes Vegas. Only one person had them at 90 (This guy!!!).

Well, except for Homer, who predicted a win total of 162. And torts sat out the prediction thread for some reason, so the most optimistic fan out of all of us didn't document his optimism in this case.

[Thurston Fluff]

2 hours ago, Underachiever said:

Plenty of others who had the Brewers not doing so well this year. Fully half of the people posting in the win total prediction thread had them at 81 or fewer. That includes Vegas. Only one person had them at 90 (This guy!!!).

Well, except for Homer, who predicted a win total of 162. And torts sat out the prediction thread for some reason, so the most optimistic fan out of all of us didn't document his optimism in this case.

There's someone more optimistic than the guy who predicted 162 wins? My kind of guy.

[CheezWizHed]

I'm one that thought this would be a down year for the Crew.  I can't remember my prediction, but probably a touch under 500.  It's been a pretty amazing season!

[Samurai Bucky]

I, too, figured they would not do well.  I was going to wait until after the end of the year to beg humble forgiveness and admit my lack of vision.

39 lashes here...

[CheezWizHed]

2 hours ago, Samurai Bucky said:

39 lashes here...

with a wet noodle.  We all need a bit of mercy here. 😉

[Playing Catch]

SIX regulars are within about 162 MLB games played in their careers... SIX! This team is something else! It's special!

[adambr2]

On 2/1/2024 at 7:38 PM, nate82 said:

You do know that MA was the one who reached out to Hoskins agent to get the deal done right? Right?

Well that explains why this signing didn't work out. You'd think he would have learned to stop meddling after Jeff Suppan.